flush-decked
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of flush-decked
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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A flush-decked ship, probably carrying twenty to six-and-twenty guns.”
From Paddy Finn by Webb, Archibald
The galliasse was sometimes flush-decked, without poop and forecastle, and sometimes built with both, but she was never so "high charged" as the galleon.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John
By means of some black painted canvas let down over the main-deck ports, she was made to look like a corvette, or flush-decked vessel.
From Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days by Kingston, William Henry Giles
There were six feet of head-room below, and she was crown-decked and flush-decked.
From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack
The first was flush-decked; that is, it had a single straight open deck on which all the guns were mounted.
From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Roosevelt, Theodore
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